APPENDIX 2.10 - Essex

Title page from Google Books (Bodleian Library, Oxford copy)

Directory of ESSEX 1848

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY, OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX; COMPRISING, UNDER A LUCID ARRANGEMENT OF SUBJECTS, A General Survey of the County, AND SEPARATE Historical, Statistical, & Topographical DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, Liberties, UNIONS, BOROUGHS, Towns, PORTS, Parishes, Townships, Villages, and Hamlets: SHEWING Their Extent and Population; their Agriculture, Manufactures, Fisheries, Markets, Fairs, Trade and  Commerce; their Charities and Public Institutions; their Churches and Chapels; the Annual Value, and the Patrons, and Incumbents of the Benefices; the Lords of the Manors and the  Owners of the Soil; The Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions; the Addresses of the Inhabitants, the Mediums of Public Conveyances by Land and Water; the Seats of Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of other AGRICULTURAL, STATISTICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

In One Volume, with a Map of the CountY

BY WILLIAM WHITE. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT LEADER, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, SHEFFIELD, And Sold by WM WHITE, 200 Brook Hill, Sheffield; by his Agents, and the Booksellers.

Price to Subscribers, 13s 6d. in Calf BINDING or 12s in Boards. 1848. Pages: 725 + 7 1/2.

 The Map

White´s first edition of Essex, included a map executed by J & C Walker for their British Atlas. This was the first recorded use of a J&C Walker map to be adapted for William White. Devonshire would follow only two years later, other counties followed.

The British Atlas was first published in 1837 (the first Essex is actually dated 1835), and then numerous times to 1871 (or later), and also as Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas (1850 to 1880), or as Walker's Fox Hunting Atlas (up to 1895) with added information on meets of fox hounds and later as Lett's Popular Atlas (1884 & 87). Usually, Walker maps have an imprint along the bottom (and until 1846 it was dated) "Published by Longman, Orme, Rees & Co, Paternoster Row, London." This example lacks any imprint. Devonshire (1950) and all subsequent Walker maps used by White have William White´s imprint.

Title top right ESSEX in two-line lozenge frame typical of Walker maps with signature below: BY J. & C. Walker. Reference to the Hundreds and list of Polling Places bottom right. Size approx.: 33 x 39 cm.

Location of Copies

Google books is a copy held at Bodleian Library Oxford.

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: Cambridge University Libraries, University of Essex Library & Cultural Services, Society of Antiquaries. Map illustrated is from the author´s collection.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: Bishopsgate Institute, British Library, Institute of Historical Research Library, University of Kent, University of Leeds, The London Library, National Library of Scotland, Oxford University (2 copies), Senate House Library, Trinity College Dublin, Victoria and Albert Museum libraries.

 

 Essex 1848 – from the author´s collection.

 Directory of ESSEX 1863

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY, OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, COMPRISING, UNDER A LUCID ARRANGEMENT OF SUBJECTS, A General Survey of the County, AND SEPARATE HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, Liberties, UNIONS, BOROUGHS, Towns, PORTS, Parishes, Townships, Villages, and Hamlets: SHEWING Their Extent and Population; their Agriculture, Manufactures, Fisheries, Markets, Fairs, Trade and  Commerce; their Charities and Public Institutions; their Churches and Chapels; the Annual Value, and the Patrons, and Incumbents of the Benefices; the Lords of the Manors and the  Owners of the Soil; The Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions; the Addresses of the Inhabitants, the Mediums of Public Conveyances by Land and Water; the Seats of Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of other, AGRICULTURAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, BOTANICAL, COMMERCIAL, GEOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION.

IN ONE VOLUME with a Map of the CountY

Second Edition. BY WILLIAM WHITE. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY LEADER & SONS, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, SHEFFIELD, And Sold by WM WHITE, Broomhall Park, Sheffield; by his Agents, and SIMPKIN, MARSHALL & Co., LONDON.

Price to Subscribers, 14s. in Calf BINDING or 12s 6d. in Boards. 1863. Pages: 764 + 7 ½ + 1 (Fairs).

 The Map

The map used for the 1863 second edition was not a Walker map, but a late adaption of a John Cary map. G F Cruchley had acquired these maps and republished them frequently (the third Devonshire edition of 1890 is also an example of a Cruchley-Cary map replacing Walker maps). The map was being issued by Cruchley as a folding map in card covers at the same time (1857-1868). The title would have been essentially the same; Cruchley only needed to change his name for White´s, and to remove his imprint below the title and insert White´s imprint. The title was changed to … Railway & Station Map … after this issue.

 Title bottom right in various scrips: WHITE´S RAILWAY & TELEGRAPHIC MAP Of ESSEX Showing all the Railways & Names of Stations also the Telegraph Lines & Stations, Improved from the Ordnance Surveys.  (Ee). Imprint (below title): Published with THE History, Gazetteer, & Directory of Essex. By WILLIAM WHITE, Sheffield, 1863. No signature. Size approx.: 48 x 54 cm.

 Location of Copies

Google books is a copy held at NLS. Illustrated at Google Books (with map).

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: National Library of Scotland (illustrated), Society of Genealogists. Author´s collection.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: British Library, Cambridge University, University of Essex Library & Cultural Services, Institute of Historical Research Library, Leicester University, Oxford University, Society of Antiquaries, Trinity College Dublin, Victoria and Albert Museum libraries.

 

 Essex 1863 - Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland. 

  

THE MAPS – Maps produced for William White´s county directories

Click the entry below to access relevant page.

1. Early Years - William White and Edward Baines
2. William White & Co.
3. Rivalry and Family Feud
4. Francis White & Co.
5. The County Maps of William White
6. William White Co. - Later Years

Appendix 1 - The County Directories of Edward Baines
1.1. Yorkshire
1.2. Lancashire
Appendix 2 - The County Directories of William White
2.1. Durham and Northumberland
2.2 - Cumberland & Westmorland
2.3 - Nottinghamshire
2.4 - Staffordshire
2.5 - Norfolk
2.6 - Yorkshire (later edition)
2.7 - Lincoln
2.8 - Suffolk
2.9 - Leicestershire with Rutland
2.10 - Essex
2.11 - Devonshire
2.12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight